Means for applying adhesive to wrapping-paper.



M. PARIDON & C, R. HARRIS.

MEANS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE T0 WRAPPING'PAPER.

APPLICATION F ILED APR. 16, I915.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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MEANS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE T0 WRAPPING PAPER. APPLICATION FILED APR. I6. I915.

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1901 Eg /1 g mttozmug MICHAEL PARIDON AND CLYDE HARRIS, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MEANS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO WRAPPING-PAPER.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed April 16, 1915. Serial No. 21,631.

sive to Wrapping-Paper, of which the fol-- lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to means for applying paste, or similar adhesive, to sheets of wrapping paper as a preliminary step in the manual operation of packaging boxes of matches and the like.

The object of our invention is to effect economy of time and of adhesive in the wrapping operation, and also to obviate liability of smearing adhesive on the assembled articles.

With this object in view our inventioncomprises a simple and eflicient construction and arrangement ofv adhesive feeding and applying devices under the control of the operator, whereby adhesive is economically deposited at predetermined spots on successive sheets of the wrapping paper, such spots being so located that the adhesive thereon when the articles are wrapped unites the contiguous folds or layers of the wrapper upon the top and ends of the package.

The invention also comprises structural features which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wrapper pasting apparatus embodying a good form of our invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatus.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section, enlarged, as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the paste reservoir being shown partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on a plane through the paste-reservoir, as on the line H of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a table having thereon suitably-disposed guides, such as angle-pieces 6, adapted to determine the position on the table of a pile of' wrapper sheets, as 7 to which, successively, paste or other adhesive is properly applied. In the form of our invention illustrated there are three paste-applying devices, the same beingarranged in spaced relation to each other so as to spot the uppermost sheet at or near its rear'and side edges respecti vely. Each of these devices includes an upright paste containing reservoir 8 having a basal portion 9 which is secured to the top of the table. The lower portion of the reservoir is contracted to form a vertical throat 10 having a horizontal tubular extension 11 which is closed at its outer end by meansv of a cap 12. Mounted to turn on this extension as an axis is a collar 13 formed at the inner open end of a hollow neck-like body 14 which terminates at its outer end in a depending constricted portion 15 which constitutes an efficient discharge nozzle overhanging theadjacentpdge of the paper. By oscillating the body the nozzle is movable upon and from the exposed surface of the uppermost wrapper sheet.

The extension 11 communicates with the interior of the body 14 through a suitablydisposed opening 15 in the wall of the extension, and hence the paste contents of the reservoir flow to and through the said body and are delivered thence by the nozzle to the opposing wrapper surface.

The neck body is embraced by and pivot ally connectedto the bifurcated upper end The head, which is slidingly fitted to a guide rod 19 depending from the underside of the table, is maintained normally elevated by the action of a compression spring 20 which, encircling the rod, bears against collars 21, 22 on the rod and head respectively.

The depending rods from the respective neck bodies are pivotally connected to the frame arms 18, as at 23, and hence the nozzle ends of such bodies are maintained normally raised from the underlying wrapper. The frame is connected by means of a link 24 with a treadle 25 so that by depressing the free end of the treadle the frame is lowered against the action of the spring, thus simultaneously depressing the neck bodies and striking their nozzles against the opposing surface of the Wrapper; whichnozzles thereupon deposit modica of paste upon the paper at the points of contact.

To the under side of each of the nozzles is secured one end of a leaf spring 26, the free end of which bears yieldingly upon the opposing marginal portion of the wrapwrapped. He then operates the treadle,

which in turn lowers the frame connected thereto and swings down the neck bodies to cause their nozzles to impinge upon the paper at the proper spots; the size of the nozzles and the impact being suificient to supply just enough paste to the wrapper. Upon releasing the treadle the neck bodies are raised from the paper by the action of the spring 20. The operator then wraps the package and places it in a suitable case or trough; the location of the paste spots being such that they unite the contiguous top and end folds of the wrapper. He then reaches for a sufficient supply of articles for another package, and at the same time he presses the treadle to deposit spots of paste on a succeeding wrapper.

By the construction and operation 'described the operator is relieved of the motion of reaching for the paste brush and manipulating it to apply the paste to the wrappers; consequently time and paste are economized, and, besides, liability of smearing paste on the boxes, or other articles, with its attendant annoyance when opening the package, is obviated.

It is to be understood that we do: not

aaraeee limit ourselves to the details of construction shown and described, as the same may be variously modified without departure from our invention. I

We claim- 1. In an apparatus of the character described, a wrapper support, an adhesive reservoir adjacent thereto having a contracted throat and a lateral tubular extension, said extension having an opening in its wall, a hollow neck body mounted .to turn on said extension and communicating therewith through said opening, said body terminating in a nozzleoverhanging the edge of the wrappers, and means for raising and lowering said body in respect to the plane of the wrappers.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, a table for the support of a pile of wrappers, a series of adhesive applying elements in spaced relation to each other having depending nozzles which overhang the edges of the Wrappers, leaf springs secured to said elements so as to bear upon the wrappers at points adjacent the nozzles, and means for efi'ecting relative niovement between the wrappers and said elements.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a table for the support of a pile of wrappers, a series of oscillating adhesive applying elements in spaced relation to each other having depending nozzles which overhang the edge of the wrappers, a corresponding series of adhesive reservoirs having feed portions upon wh1ch the said elements are pivotally mounted, rods depending from the nozzles, a'vertlcally movable frame with which the rods are connected, spring means for maintaining the frame normally raised, and means for depressing the frame against the action of the spring.

Signed at the city and county of Oswego and State of New York April A. D. 1915.

MICHAEL PARIDQN. CLYDE It. RIS.

this 12th day of 

